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Thread ID: 137738 2014-08-14 07:01:00 Windows Update won't work on Win7 Pro Laptop straka01 (310) Press F1
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1381697 2014-08-16 07:46:00 Have you looked speedy to see if windows 7 is legit? Lawrence (2987)
1381698 2014-08-16 07:47:00 Try to if I can get in again lol. Altho it did check for updates now then installed them? I'll get that MS file to check if it's legit or not Speedy Gonzales (78)
1381699 2014-08-16 07:48:00 I was thinking that maybe the software would run without crashing the PC this time & come up with a 'connect to...?' request?
It's probably the best we can do at present without the projector available?
straka01 (310)
1381700 2014-08-16 07:51:00 What software are you using to connect to the projector? So you tried it again and it didnt crash, but it didnt connect either? Speedy Gonzales (78)
1381701 2014-08-16 08:12:00 Right got rid of the system admin message under change settings (under windowsupdate). You couldn't change it. It was ghosted

You have to open regedit then go here, so you can select whatever

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Win dows\WindowsUpdate\AU (Make sure you delete them under the AU key). If there's anything else here (besides a default key) delete it / them
Speedy Gonzales (78)
1381702 2014-08-16 08:49:00 Just updated the wireless drivers on it (Intel centrino were from 2010 - the ones from the Intel site are from Jan, this year) since I've read (not so long ago), that some versions of this driver were/are a bit dodgy / buggy. So, we'll see if they connect to the projector wirelessly (sounds like its got wifi on it somewhere), whether it crashes again. Or works Speedy Gonzales (78)
1381703 2014-08-16 09:04:00 Oh one more thing Straka. I think I saw version 6 of Java in programs and features. If you use it you should uninstall that version. And install the latest version (java.com)

Old versions have vulnerabilities
Speedy Gonzales (78)
1381704 2014-08-19 11:17:00 Wonder if this is relevant
On August 2, Microsoft began pushing out its monthly bundle of Windows security patches and feature updates via Windows Update. By August 5, hundreds of users’ PCs were failing to boot after being powered off; the infamous Blue Screen of Death appeared. Some tech-savvy users traced the problem to a handful of patches in the August 2 release. On August 15, Microsoft pulled the flawed patches from Windows Update and advised users to uninstall them.
you need to uninstall four security patches that were installed (automatically or manually) on or after August 2, 2014. All Windows security patches have the prefix “KB” followed by a number. The four numbers you are looking for are: 2982791, 2970228, 2975719, and 2975331.
This flaw ONLY affects 64-bit versions of Windows 7 or 8.
jayal (1291)
1381705 2014-08-19 11:24:00 Nope this prob isn't the same as the BSOD/s with the latest updates. I posted about the BSOD'S in the other forum

This system must have been part of some domain. Because it was trying to get updates from 192.168.1.200. That's why windowsupdate didnt work / failed to look for updates at all. It couldn't even check for updates, it didn't get that far

I had to go into the registry on this system, and delete the above ip address, and delete what I posted so the administered by system admin message disappeared. So we could change the settings for windowsupdate in control panel (you couldn't before, because it was disabled)
Speedy Gonzales (78)
1381706 2014-08-19 21:58:00 I'll make a point of reading the other forum now Speedy, haven't bothered with it much - cheers Jayal jayal (1291)
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